Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 16, 2013

This website is owned and operated by The Cicilline Committee. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors while they interact with the content on this site (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy applies to the Site only. It does not apply to other websites to which we link. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we want you to understand what information we collect about you, how we collect it, how that information is used, and how you can control our disclosure of it. You agree that your use of the Site signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.

1. Information Collected

We collect information from you that you voluntarily provide to us. In order to sign up for email updates, you must submit personal information about yourself. That required information includes your first name, last name, email address, and zip code. Optional information includes your physical address and telephone number. We do not collect personally identifiable information about you except when you specifically provide such information to us on a voluntary basis.

By submitting that information to us, you consent to the use and method of disclosure as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. How We Use Your Information

The Cicilline Committee only uses your personal information for the original purposes it was given. Your personal information submitted through the sign up for updates forms will not be sold to unaffiliated third parties. Your personal information submitted through the sign up for updates forms will be shared as needed and as required by federal election and other laws with unaffiliated third parties to fulfill the objectives and obligations of The Cicilline Committee.

Your personal information submitted through the sign up for updates form will not be sold to unaffiliated third parties. You may opt out of receiving emails from The Cicilline Committee (See Section 4).

The Cicilline Committee may share personal information with our vendors and other third parties who need to know the information in order to deliver services on behalf of The Cicilline Committee. Further, The Cicilline Committee reserves the right to contact you regarding matters relevant to the underlying information collected.

We may permit certain trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as the source address that a page request is coming from, your IP address or domain name, the date and time of the page request, the referring website (if any) and other parameters in the URL. This is collected in order to better understand our website usage, and enhance the performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site. We may use third parties to host the Site; operate various features available on the Site; send emails; analyze data; provide search results and links and assist in fulfilling your orders.

Also, we may share personally identifiable or other information with our parent, subsidiaries, divisions, and organization partners.

The Cicilline Committee may disclose Contact Information in special cases where we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our terms of service or may be causing injury or interference with our rights, property, our website users or anyone who could be harmed by such activities.

You will receive notice when your personally identifiable information might be provided to any third party for any reason other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, and you will have an opportunity to request that we not share such information.

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and for business and administrative purposes. We may also use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally identifiable information.

3. How We Protect Your Information

We are committed to protecting the information we receive from you. We take appropriate security measures to protect your information against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information and data stored on our system. While no computer system is completely secure, we believe the measures we have implemented reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved.

4. Email Choice/Opt-Out

If you no longer wish to receive updates or notifications, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the opt-out instructions included in every email communication from The Cicilline Committee.

5. Children’s Privacy and Parental Controls

We do not solicit any personal information from children. If you are not 18 or older, you are not authorized to use the Site. Parents should be aware that there are parental control tools available online that can be used to prevent children from submitting information online without parental permission or from accessing material that is harmful to minors.

6. Disclaimer to Security

By consenting to the Terms of Service of the Site and hence the Privacy Policy, you consent that no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you provide to us and you transmit such information to us at your own risk.

7. Notification of Changes

The Cicilline Committee reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. If at some point in the future, there is a change to our Privacy Policy, unless we obtain your express consent, such change will only apply to information collected after the revised Privacy Policy took effect. Your continued use of the Site indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy as posted.